This is India! (eight)

Welcome back to This is India! I always have funny/weird stories about India to share with friends or family when I talk to them. This is just meant to be an honest portrayal about my life in India through short anecdotes. I also share here what I’ve been up to online outside Hippie in Heels.

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Another airport story coming at you from Mumbai! What can I say, weird shit is always happening at the airports here.

This one is short and sweet.

Security was on high alert at the Mumbai domestic airport for some reason. Usually I take through all kinds of things that should be examined and they aren’t, but this time they examined my camera, played around with my tablet, asked lots of questions about my external hard drive, and per usual during examination asked why I had a piercing in my belly button. They took Ben’s lighter when they found it (which is the protocol).

We head up to the food court and Ben goes off to the restroom. I’m typing away on my computer and smell smoke. I look behind me and there’s a passenger just smoking a cigarette, in an airport, security watching on. No big deal- after all that security and searching. Everyone loves smoking in India, but this was new.

This is India!

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Rachel Jones left a career in nursing to live on the beaches on Goa, India over three years ago where she is now a travel writer. Her website gives advice on the 35+ countries she's been to but has become the go-to site on India travel, focusing on off beat places & “glamorous travel”. Hippie in Heels has been featured in ELLE magazine & was voted by Flipkey as one of the top 25 female bloggers to follow this year. She's a writer for BravoTV.

I can certainly relate to that. Yesterday I went through Chennai ariport and they were pulling my hand luggage aside rummaging away. They then said to me “You have a lighter?” To which I said no, I don’t smoke.

They continued on rummaging away determined to find it. Re-scanned then gave up. Commotion over.

Yes a fair few Indians smoke but I think it is more prevalent in China.

As for breaking the rules, well I think both are quite open about it and these security inconsistencies.

On a positive note though the new airport terminals in India are a massive step forward from what they were! Only 2-3 years ago they were death defying holes; now they are state of the art, 21st century beacons of air travel. Long overdue and well done India.The Guy recently posted…I Took The Flight That Was Shot Down

I’m not surprised Rachel. I love India, but “rules” can be so inconsistent and borders on the “it depends” situation but the belly-button reference is a hilarious one. As for smoking? When I went to Delhi, I asked for a non-smoking room as I don’t smoke, what did I get? A room full of ashtrays and a huge sign saying “NO SMOKING” LOL!
P.S. I haven’t seen your posts on my wordpress feeder for a while could you check your end as I love reading your posts….!Victoria recently posted…Glitzy burlesque, and utter SHEER MADNESS!